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I didn't say they were close friends... And even if they did, like I said, they would have split up between the 3 and 25th floor, and gone their separate ways...
The way I've seen it in Rondo, (at least with what's been translated) is more of an experienced player, guiding a newbie he became friends with.
They hadn't been intimate at all, and mostly just been friends...

And by the looks of it, the only friend he told about the Black Cats was Klein, seemingly because he was the only one who knew he joined that guild to begin with.

Why is it that in the summaries, Gabrial's name is given as "Gabriel Michael"???

I just went and check the Japanese raws, and it gave his name as "ガブリエル・ミラー" pronounced "Gaburieru mirā"... I don't see how it can be "Michael"... At best, it's "Gabriel Miller", which actually is a common last-name... Don't think I ever heard Michael as a last-name...

Why is it that in the summaries, Gabrial's name is given as "Gabriel Michael"???

I just went and check the Japanese raws, and it gave his name as "ガブリエル・ミラー" pronounced "Gaburieru mirā"... I don't see how it can be "Michael"... At best, it's "Gabriel Miller", which actually is a common last-name... Don't think I ever heard Michael as a last-name...

Why is it that in the summaries, Gabrial's name is given as "Gabriel Michael"???

I just went and check the Japanese raws, and it gave his name as "ガブリエル・ミラー" pronounced "Gaburieru mirā"... I don't see how it can be "Michael"... At best, it's "Gabriel Miller", which actually is a common last-name... Don't think I ever heard Michael as a last-name...

From what I've read in the Materials edition of Monochrome Concerto, Kirito and Asuna are kinda close already there which contradicts their relationship on the upper floors. I think that even the Rondo story(from what I've read on the English translated parts of the WEB version) is pretty much pushing it. I'm not sure if things got changed since the Aria chapter on Progressive had minimal changes.
So I think this is a good move to fix things. Though this would mean that we may not see much of Asuna depending on how Kawahara would rewrite SAOP. I don't know what happened to them after Rondo. He may tell of the story of how she got recruited to the Knights of the Blood guild I guess.
Either way, I'll just wait and see how vol2 will go.

EDIT:
I think the dropped part means that he won't write it in Progressive anymore. He mentioned it in the Afterwords of vol1 that he'll be including that story but has decided against it now. We're still not sure if Progressive will be stalled or not with that info but given that he'll try to release a volume per year, the closest it will be out would be in October since that was the same month it was released last year.

Dammit! That sucks. I feel the time skip was way too big. The progression series felt great because it fleshed out Asuna a little more. However I doubt Progression will stop. 147,000 copies first month. I say to hell with continuity and just write floor by floor, I want more stories with A/K in Sword Art

Can anyone give me a link to a fully translated Rondo by the way? Baka Ts. has only 16 out of 40 chapters done.

Dammit! That sucks. I feel the time skip was way too big. The progression series felt great because it fleshed out Asuna a little more. However I doubt Progression will stop. 147,000 copies first month. I say to hell with continuity and just write floor by floor, I want more stories with A/K in Sword Art

Can anyone give me a link to a fully translated Rondo by the way? Baka Ts. has only 16 out of 40 chapters done.

Dude, as far as I know, only the folks of Bakatsuki and the administrator of taptaptaptap.wordpress.com are seriously translating SAO; tap translations is translating the main serie, while bakatsuki has translated up to Alicization beginning or Alicization running, some side material, fragments of the story about

For those who read web novel or are advanced on LN Alicization arc, are Kirito and Asuna still together as a couple?? I found out about a girl called Alice trying to get Kirito and that pisses me off

BTW: I´m gonna start reading volume 7.

Spoiler for Answer:

^ Yes, Kirito and Asuna are still couple by the end of the Web Novel and in the Light Novel. There is a new character named Alice, and she is in love with Kirito. She is strong competitor for Kirito (more so than any of the other girls). And even though she is strong rival, enough to make Asuna and Kirito nervous, Kirito is still loyal to Asuna.

^ Yes, Kirito and Asuna are still couple by the end of the Web Novel and in the Light Novel. There is a new character named Alice, and she is in love with Kirito. She is strong competitor for Kirito (more so than any of the other girls). And even though she is strong rival, enough to make Asuna and Kirito nervous, Kirito is still loyal to Asuna.

I also have some quick questions about the web novels. Have the original web novels been completed? Did they end the series or did the author just stop working on them? Also how many volumes did the web novels have? Thanks.

I also have some quick questions about the web novels. Have the original web novels been completed? Did they end the series or did the author just stop working on them? Also how many volumes did the web novels have? Thanks.

Original WEB novels are completed (though with a lot of loose ends). It's made of four arcs, SAO/ALO/GGO/Alicization, with other short stories turned into other LNs (eg, Vol8 and Vol2).